Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

The words “Dust thou art, to dust returnest” (Genesis 3:19) were not spoken of the soul. However, just as it is written, “Then the dust will return to the earth as it was” (Ecclesiastes 12:7), the soul lives to eternity.

For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

O Lord, You know; Remember me and visit me.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart-These, O God, You will not despise.

And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

Prayer does not consist in an effort to obtain from God the things which are necessary for this life. Prayer is an effort to lay hold of God Himself, the Author of life.

“Behold, the days are coming,,” says the Lord God, “That I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.”

Although some think that prayer is to impose ones words of prayers upon God onesidedly, when we pray deeply there is a voice that speaks to the innermost of our soul. To be able to hear this small voice is the secret of prayer.

And a multitude was sitting around Him; and they said to Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are outside seeking You.” But He answered them, saying, “Who is My mother, or My brothers?” And He looked around in a circle at those who sat about Him, and said, “Here are my mother and My […]